#a song of achilles

[lgalacticjayl]

Achilles and Patroclus Knitted Tapestry

360 rows of 120 stitching, done in around 120 hours based on the death of Patrolcus if Achilles was there in his death

[queenoftherandomword]

💧for the ask game

💧Share something romantic/hot from your WIP, or just something sweet if it's gen.

Hope this "oh no he's hot!" Counts XD

It was Pat's turn to the register, 5 minutes before the end of his shift, and 35 minutes before he had to be in for his office hours when he spotted him.

They came in as a possible couple, but there was an air of awkwardness that Patrocolus had seen on several first or blind dates, like moments of forced eye contact only for the guy to pull away and look elsewhere, and subtle moments where one partner tried to display affection only for the other to pull away in an uncomfortable shuffle.

He didn't think this would be the kind of thing that would make it to the second date, despite the young woman trying way too hard.

"Anyway, Daddy is dying to have you come to our beach house in a month, I'm sure your mom will like that," the young woman said as they reached the menu.

"I have work, so no I won't be able to make it," the young man said, as Patrocolus picked up the pen for putting names on their cups when he nearly dropped it in surprise.

That was Achilles Peleides from High School!

It had been a long time, but both fell out of touch after Achilles went to college on the other side of the country.

"Surely your boss will let you go for a month's long vacation?" His date pleaded.

"My boss, possibly if I want to hunt for another job afterwards, and I have a student who could really use my help, so I'll have to decline," Achilles insisted. Then he turned to Patrocolus and both had a moment of mutual recognition.

Only Achilles seemed better at thinking on his feet as he gave out his order instead of loudly asking Patrocolus to identify himself like he would have in high school.

"Uh, I'll have an iced Americano and the lady will have a…" Achilles began, leaving space for his date to insert her order.

"A Lethe Fog Frappuccino with extra whip."

"Excellent choice," Patrocolus said, entering in the order mostly by muscle memory, putting Achilles' name on both cups and accepting Achilles' card for the order, unaware that while his date was eyeing Achilles up and down, Achilles' eyes didn't leave Pat's face. "We'll have your order right up."

And there were only four minutes left of Pat's shift.

[superhero--imagines]

Me after reading A Song of Achilles: Will I have a love like Patroclus and Achilles?

[xlucygraysongbirdx]

me: I'm absolutely fine

a song of Achilles: "When he died, all things swift and beautiful and bright would be buried with him."

Me:

[cityelf]

Left is MY FIC, right is the ACTUAL BOOK QUOTE IT WAS INSPIRED BY

(Mask context: masquerade ball / cinderella au)

It has been doing numbers EVERYWHERE and I only found out from this lovely person who commented on Ao3:

So yeah I guess if anyone wants to read an 8 year old Song of Achilles fanfic written in a fever dream after watching Into The Woods, be my guest

[bluedietcoke]

book quotes that i will never recover from

"he is half of my soul, as the poets say. " - song of achilles

"write me a letter telling me how to live the rest of my life without you." - how to make friends with the dark

"they were my birthday presents." - shatter me

"she had realized that she had forgotten the precise blue of his eyes and the depth of his laugh." - clockwork princess

"my name is sam cortland... and i will not be afraid." - assassin's blade

"you chose me four years ago. would you choose me still?" - these violent delights

"we were all supposed to make it." - crooked kingdom

"i remember everything." - the invisible life of addie larue

"come home and shout at me. come home and fight with me. come home and break my heart, if you must. just come home." - cruel prince

"i wasted all those yesterdays and am completely out of tomorrows." - they both die at the end

"you hated the idea of me." - the final gambit

"bob says hello." - house of hades

"abuse can feel like love. starving people will eat anything." - nightfall

"i missed you only with an ocean between us. but if death was separating us... i would find you." - queen of shadows

"i loved him. i love him. as best i could." - we were liars

"i'm the villain, even in my own story. but you were supposed to play a different role." - finale

"i will find you again in the next world—the next life. and we will have that time. i promise." - a court of wings and ruin

"i spent half of my time loving her and the other half hiding how much i loved her." - the seven husbands of evelyn hugo

[luciferslilith7]

You said home & I embraced myself

@luciferslilith7

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[tippiekinno]

Just finished reading A Song of Achilles and I am so not okay. I mean I knew Achilles was going to die even before I read the book I knew he dies because he is famous but Patroclus😩😭😭😱 I still cannot believe it. I am devastated

[cats-and-cacti]

Oh characters doomed from the start we’re really in it now

[parlapina]

"How would you describe most of your favorite shows/books?"

Like this:

[lgalacticjayl]

Living the life (listening to Hozier and an audio book of A Song Of Achilles while knitting)

[inkeyjay]

“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone. [...] When he died, all things soft and beautiful and bright would be buried with him.”  🩸

“In the darkness, two shadows, reaching through the hopeless, heavy dusk. Their hands meet, and light spills in a flood like a hundred golden urns pouring out of the sun.” 🌻

Two souls, reunited.

(quotes from Madelline Miller's The Song Of Achilles)

[leosoralyyn]

Odysseus watching Achilles absolutely mutilate Hector's corpse

[meditando-en-paris]

Odysseus: Do it or you're straight.

Achilles: *Loud gasp*

[gojosbf]

Start Here, Caitlyn Siehl // The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller // The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller // Unknown // The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller // Passanger, Alexandra Bracken (a.k.a Heartbreaker) // I wrote this for you, Iain Thomas // These Violent Delights, Micah Nemerever // jjk the light novel translation // The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller // The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller // Elegy, Chen Chen// the playwrights will write your names in the darkness of the sky

[elianzis]

"I swear it"